Our client is seeking an associate with at least two years of benefits and compensation experience to join its Tax Department in Washington, DC. The work connects sophisticated workforce advice with major corporate transactions, client representations, and practical solutions for businesses operating across industries and jurisdictions.
The Work
- Advise clients on executive compensation, employee benefits, and employment issues arising in corporate transactions and ongoing client representations.
- Work on compensation arrangements in mergers and acquisitions, helping address workforce considerations within complex transactions.
- Contribute to compensation matters in capital markets transactions, considering the legal and commercial issues relevant to each deal.
- Address multi-jurisdictional employment and employee benefits matters, collaborating across offices and disciplines where issues span borders.
- Assist with plan design considerations involving tax and securities law, with an eye toward practical workforce solutions tailored to client needs.
What You Bring
- At least two years of experience in benefits and compensation.
- Experience or knowledge in executive compensation, employee benefits, and employment matters.
- Ability to contribute to compensation and benefits work in corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions or capital markets matters.
- Familiarity with multi-jurisdictional employment or employee benefits issues is relevant to the practice.
- Understanding of how tax and securities considerations can affect compensation arrangements and plan design.
- Sound commercial judgment and an interest in developing practical solutions in close collaboration with clients.
Why Consider It
The practice offers exposure to challenging compensation, benefits, and employment issues across corporate transactions and client representations, serving businesses at many stages and across industries.
Its global reach and cross-office collaboration bring perspectives from tax, securities, labor and employment, and corporate governance.
Compensation & Benefits
The firm also describes comprehensive benefits and well-being resources for lawyers and their loved ones.
Confidentiality
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